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On the volcanic, equatorial West African island of Sao Tomé, two species of fruit fly exist. Drosophila yakuba inhabits the island's lowlands, and is also found on the African mainland, located about 200 miles away. At higher elevations, and only on Sao Tomé, is found the very closely related Drosophila santomea. The two species can hybridize, though male hybrids are sterile. A hybrid zone exists at middle elevations, though hybrids there are greatly outnumbered by D. santomea. Studies of the two species' nuclear genomes reveal that D. yakuba on the island is more closely related to mainland D. yakuba than to D. santomea (2n = 4 in both species). Sao Tomé rose from the Atlantic Ocean about 14 million years ago.
-If a speciation event occurred on Sao Tomé, producing D. santomea from a parent colony of D. yakuba, then which terms apply?
I.macroevolution
II allopatric speciation
III.sympatric speciation
A) I only
B) II only
C) I and II
D) I and III

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Macroevolution refers to the evolution of species and higher taxonomic groups over geologic time, which applies here as a new species, D. santomea, evolved from D. yakuba. Sympatric speciation is when a new species evolves from a parent species while inhabiting the same geographic region, which fits the scenario of D. santomea evolving on the same island as D. yakuba.

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